Company information

The tannery started it's operations in 1853, thus
Aarenes Lærfabrikk is considered to be one of the oldest,if not even the eldest company in Flekkefjord.

Today the shrunken grain leather for bags, upholstery
leather and the impregnated shoe upper leather are the mostimportent products the factory produces.
The tannery uses almost exclusively Scandinavian rawhides, which areoften described as the best in the world.

The company has succeeded by using goos raw hides
to develope leather products of very high quality.Production can process up to 900 oxehides each
day.

Aarenes leather products have an excellent reputation
in the global market, and is supplied mainly to manufacturesin the USA and in Europe.

Some of our most valued customers include Dooney
& Bourke Inc. and Sebago
in the USA, and Hermes in France.Export is calculated to be around 90% of our
business.

The factory boasts a modern array of both production
and technical equipment all maintained in top condition.

All the leather is tested in our laboratory to
ensure quality and spesifications are maintained. The tannery canproduce leather in all desired colours.

Production, administration and clerical systems
are all computer co-ordinated.

The effluent from production is processed in our
own chemical treatment plant before it is released to the localsewage treatment plant..

In other words, Aarenes is a company
that is well prepared to meet the futurein a trade known for its hard competition..

For further information about our company or production
and products, contact Andreas Möller(aarenes@online.no)